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Lateral palatal foramina do not indicate baleen in fossil whales
Today’s mysticetes filter-feed using baleen, a novel integumentary structure with no apparent homolog in any living mammal. The origins of filter-feeding and baleen can be informed by the fossil record, including rare instances of soft tissue preservation of baleen and also by potential osteological...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9259611/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35794235 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15684-8 |